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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
Sept. 10, 2025 CA AB 432 Requires Health Care Plans to Cover Menopause Treatments and Doctors to Receive Education Regarding Menopause Concurrence Vote Passed - House (77 - 1)
Sept. 10, 2025 CA AB 260 Establishes Protections for Pharmacists, Doctors and Hospitals from Penalties for Dispensing the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to Out-of-State Patients, and Removes the Names of Patients and Providers from Abortion Medication Prescriptions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 12)
Aug. 28, 2025 TX HB 7 Increases Restrictions on Abortion Pills Bill Passed - House (84 - 46)
Aug. 28, 2025 TX HB 7 Increases Restrictions on Abortion Pills Bill Passed - House (82 - 48)
June 26, 2025 OR SB 692 Requires Health Insurance Plans That Cover Pregnancy and Childbirth Expenses to Cover Doula Services Bill Passed - House (44 - 4)
June 25, 2025 ME LD 143 Appropriates Funding for Family Planning Services in Maine Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 66)
June 25, 2025 NC HB 192 Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to Disenroll Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid Provider Bill Passed - House (96 - 17)
June 2, 2025 NV SB 217 Authorizes Access to Assisted Reproduction and Infertility Treatment Coverage Bill Passed - House (27 - 15)
May 31, 2025 IL HB 2772 Amends and Adds Women's Professional Sports to the Types of Sports Facilities the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority can Oversee Concurrence Vote Passed - House (98 - 15)
May 29, 2025 CT SB 7 Requires Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients Bill Passed - House (92 - 55)
May 22, 2025 NV SB 297 Establishes October as Menopause Awareness Month Bill Passed - House (29 - 13)
May 21, 2025 IL SB 212 Requires Employers To Compensate Mothers Who Take Breaks At Work To Pump Breast Milk For Up To A Year After Their Child Is Born Bill Passed - House (82 - 27)
May 13, 2025 ME LD 163 Requires Health Insurance Coverage of Nonprescription Oral Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (73 - 69)
May 13, 2025 WI AB 43 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe and Dispense Hormonal Contraceptive Patches Bill Passed - House (87 - 10)
May 7, 2025 CO HB 25-1259 Specifies Sperm Banks do not have to Remain in Close Contact with Donors Concurrence Vote Passed - House (42 - 22)
May 3, 2025 CO SB 25-130 Defines Going Into Labor and Certain Pregnancy Complications as "Emergency Medical Conditions" Bill Passed - House (42 - 21)
May 1, 2025 CT HB 7213 Authorizes Minors Access to Contraception Without Parental Consent Bill Passed - House (117 - 27)
April 28, 2025 AZ SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
April 25, 2025 CO SB 25-144 Establishes 12 Additional Weeks for Families of Infants who have to Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Bill Passed - House (42 - 21)
April 17, 2025 VT S 28 Establishes Legal Cover for Patients and Providers of Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care Bill Passed - House (97 - 43)
April 17, 2025 IA SF 175 Requires Incorporating Provisions Related to Pregnancy and Fetal Development into the Human Growth and Development and Health Curricula Bill Passed - House (60 - 31)
April 15, 2025 AR HB 1252 Establishes the Certified Community-Based Doula Certification Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (93 - 1)
April 15, 2025 AR SB 450 Requires the Department of Education to Include a Human Fetal Growth and Development Discussion in the Relevant Standards During the Arkansas Academic Standards Revision Cycle Bill Passed - House (81 - 13)
April 15, 2025 ME LD 522 Authorizes The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women to Study Gender Segregation in Maine's Workforce "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (82 - 63)
April 14, 2025 HI HB 1194 Establishes Licensing Requirements for Certified Midwives Concurrence Vote Passed - House (34 - 16)
April 9, 2025 IL HB 2772 Amends and Adds Women's Professional Sports to the Types of Sports Facilities the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority can Oversee Bill Passed - House (111 - 0)
March 27, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
March 20, 2025 AL SB 199 Establishes an Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Program Bill Passed - House (94 - 2)
March 13, 2025 KY HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 17)
March 5, 2025 WY HB 32 Establishes Statutory Definitions for "Man", "Woman", and "Biological Sex" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 10)
March 5, 2025 CT SB 1453 Appropriates $2.8 Million to Support Certain LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Organizations and Planned Parenthood Bill Passed - House (92 - 51)
March 4, 2025 AL HB 209 Exempts Nursing Mothers from Jury Duty in Alabama Bill Passed - House (103 - 0)
Feb. 21, 2025 MD HB 380 Authorizes the Sale of Contraceptives and Condoms in School Vending Machines Bill Passed - House (89 - 41)
Feb. 21, 2025 NM HB 56 Authorizes Medicaid Reimbursements for Birth Centers Bill Passed - House (62 - 1)
Feb. 19, 2025 AR SB 213 Establishes the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act to Improve Maternal Health Bill Passed - House (76 - 6)
Feb. 14, 2025 VA SB 1105 Establishes the Right to Access and Use FDA-Approved Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (54 - 41)
Feb. 14, 2025 VA SB 1105 Establishes the Right to Access and Use FDA-Approved Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (54 - 41)
Feb. 5, 2025 AR HB 1181 Amends the Full Practice Authority of a Certified Nurse Midwife to Allow Admitting Privileges Bill Passed - House (96 - 2)
Jan. 23, 2025 National HR 21 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Bill Passed - House (217 - 204)
Jan. 20, 2025 WY HB 32 Establishes Statutory Definitions for "Man", "Woman", and "Biological Sex" Bill Passed - House (50 - 9)
Jan. 16, 2025 National HR 30 Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act Bill Passed - House (274 - 145)
Jan. 14, 2025 National HR 28 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act Bill Passed - House (218 - 206)
Jan. 14, 2025 VA HJR 1 Establishes a Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Rights to Abortion Joint Resolution Passed - House (51 - 48)
Date No. Title Outcome
9/10 AB 432 Requires Health Care Plans to Cover Menopause Treatments and Doctors to Receive Education Regarding Menopause Concurrence Vote Passed - House (77 - 1)
9/10 AB 260 Establishes Protections for Pharmacists, Doctors and Hospitals from Penalties for Dispensing the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to Out-of-State Patients, and Removes the Names of Patients and Providers from Abortion Medication Prescriptions Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 12)
8/28 HB 7 Increases Restrictions on Abortion Pills Bill Passed - House (84 - 46)
8/28 HB 7 Increases Restrictions on Abortion Pills Bill Passed - House (82 - 48)
6/26 SB 692 Requires Health Insurance Plans That Cover Pregnancy and Childbirth Expenses to Cover Doula Services Bill Passed - House (44 - 4)
6/25 LD 143 Appropriates Funding for Family Planning Services in Maine Concurrence Vote Passed - House (73 - 66)
6/25 HB 192 Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to Disenroll Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid Provider Bill Passed - House (96 - 17)
6/02 SB 217 Authorizes Access to Assisted Reproduction and Infertility Treatment Coverage Bill Passed - House (27 - 15)
5/31 HB 2772 Amends and Adds Women's Professional Sports to the Types of Sports Facilities the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority can Oversee Concurrence Vote Passed - House (98 - 15)
5/29 SB 7 Requires Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients Bill Passed - House (92 - 55)
5/22 SB 297 Establishes October as Menopause Awareness Month Bill Passed - House (29 - 13)
5/21 SB 212 Requires Employers To Compensate Mothers Who Take Breaks At Work To Pump Breast Milk For Up To A Year After Their Child Is Born Bill Passed - House (82 - 27)
5/13 LD 163 Requires Health Insurance Coverage of Nonprescription Oral Contraceptives and Nonprescription Emergency Contraceptives "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (73 - 69)
5/13 AB 43 Authorizes Pharmacists to Prescribe and Dispense Hormonal Contraceptive Patches Bill Passed - House (87 - 10)
5/07 HB 25-1259 Specifies Sperm Banks do not have to Remain in Close Contact with Donors Concurrence Vote Passed - House (42 - 22)
5/03 SB 25-130 Defines Going Into Labor and Certain Pregnancy Complications as "Emergency Medical Conditions" Bill Passed - House (42 - 21)
5/01 HB 7213 Authorizes Minors Access to Contraception Without Parental Consent Bill Passed - House (117 - 27)
4/28 SB 1316 Establishes the Maternal Mortality Review Program Bill Passed - House (42 - 14)
4/25 SB 25-144 Establishes 12 Additional Weeks for Families of Infants who have to Stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Bill Passed - House (42 - 21)
4/17 S 28 Establishes Legal Cover for Patients and Providers of Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care Bill Passed - House (97 - 43)
4/17 SF 175 Requires Incorporating Provisions Related to Pregnancy and Fetal Development into the Human Growth and Development and Health Curricula Bill Passed - House (60 - 31)
4/15 HB 1252 Establishes the Certified Community-Based Doula Certification Act Concurrence Vote Passed - House (93 - 1)
4/15 SB 450 Requires the Department of Education to Include a Human Fetal Growth and Development Discussion in the Relevant Standards During the Arkansas Academic Standards Revision Cycle Bill Passed - House (81 - 13)
4/15 LD 522 Authorizes The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women to Study Gender Segregation in Maine's Workforce "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted - House (82 - 63)
4/14 HB 1194 Establishes Licensing Requirements for Certified Midwives Concurrence Vote Passed - House (34 - 16)
4/09 HB 2772 Amends and Adds Women's Professional Sports to the Types of Sports Facilities the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority can Oversee Bill Passed - House (111 - 0)
3/27 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Veto Override Passed - House (77 - 20)
3/20 SB 199 Establishes an Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Program Bill Passed - House (94 - 2)
3/13 HB 90 Establishes Free-Standing Birthing Centers Concurrence Vote Passed - House (74 - 17)
3/05 HB 32 Establishes Statutory Definitions for "Man", "Woman", and "Biological Sex" Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 10)
3/05 SB 1453 Appropriates $2.8 Million to Support Certain LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Organizations and Planned Parenthood Bill Passed - House (92 - 51)
3/04 HB 209 Exempts Nursing Mothers from Jury Duty in Alabama Bill Passed - House (103 - 0)
2/21 HB 380 Authorizes the Sale of Contraceptives and Condoms in School Vending Machines Bill Passed - House (89 - 41)
2/21 HB 56 Authorizes Medicaid Reimbursements for Birth Centers Bill Passed - House (62 - 1)
2/19 SB 213 Establishes the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act to Improve Maternal Health Bill Passed - House (76 - 6)
2/14 SB 1105 Establishes the Right to Access and Use FDA-Approved Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (54 - 41)
2/14 SB 1105 Establishes the Right to Access and Use FDA-Approved Contraceptives Bill Passed - House (54 - 41)
2/05 HB 1181 Amends the Full Practice Authority of a Certified Nurse Midwife to Allow Admitting Privileges Bill Passed - House (96 - 2)
1/23 HR 21 Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Bill Passed - House (217 - 204)
1/20 HB 32 Establishes Statutory Definitions for "Man", "Woman", and "Biological Sex" Bill Passed - House (50 - 9)
1/16 HR 30 Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act Bill Passed - House (274 - 145)
1/14 HR 28 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act Bill Passed - House (218 - 206)
1/14 HJR 1 Establishes a Constitutional Amendment Enshrining Rights to Abortion Joint Resolution Passed - House (51 - 48)
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